Bottle.



LATLNTLD JULY 17, 1906. L. J. MILLER.

BOTTLE APPLICATION FILED MAYS. 1906.

vention relates more UNITED sTATEs PATENT .Orr-iron.;

EDWARD J. MILLER, OF CAMBRIDGESPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA l lBonn-LE.

To all whmn it muy concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARDJ. MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Cambridge Springs, inthe county, .of Crawford and stia@ of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new ments in Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottles; and the inparticularly to bottles that cannot be refilled and disposed of as the original article. n

It is a well-known fact'that certain parties refill bottles that once brands of liquids with an` inferior article and represent and dispose of the same as the original article.

The primary object of .this invention is to dispense with this nefarious practice by devising a bottle which cannot be refilled 'surreptitiously and fraudulently sold as the original article, the bottle being of such a construction as to be disgured when it is first opened.

The preferred embodiments of my invention, which will be hereinafter more fully described id then specifically pointedout in the claims, are illustrated in the accompanyin 1 drawings, wherein* igure 1 is avertical secti'onalview of a por- .lion of the bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig, 2 is a perspective view of the closure-lock. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view of a closure-locking sleeve or auxiliary neck portion used in` connection,y with the bottlei Fig. 4 isa horizontal sectional view taken on the line of Fig. 3.

In putting my invention 'into practice I use a conventional form of bottle 1,;having a -l locking s lee've 5, the sleeve fof a material-similar to the bottle 1, glass or' contracted neck portion 2, adapted to receive a stopper or cork v3. Upon the breast '4 of the bottle and surrounding tthe contracted `neck portion 2 `is secured a closurel being constructed similar vitreous material being employed forv this purpose.v i

The sleeve or auxi to conform to the breast l lof the bottle 1,' and these beveled edges ofthe sleeve are feised or otherwise secured and vmad-e 'a part""cff the bottle, as at 7. The upper'end ofthe sleeve or auxiliary neck 5 extends a slight distance above theneckportion of the bottle,. and

Specification of Letters Patent. Athenian-mea Mais, i906. serial No. 314,969.

the inner walls andy useful Improvel contained popular ary neck portion 5 has its lower edges beveled",'as at I Patented Juiy 17, 190e.

of the sleeve are? provided with two diametrically opposed vertical A' grooves 8, the lower ends terminating 1n recesses 9 9, lower .inner edges of the sleeve 5;'

. In combination with the sleeve or auxil-i lary neck 5 I employ a locking-closure 10, saidclosiue comprising a cap 11, having depending diametrically-opposed arms `12 12, the lower ends of said arms being bent upwardly at an inclination, as at 14 14. The arms 12 12 are preferably constructed of a material having resilient or object of which will be presently described.

In practice 'bottles will be equi ped with the sleeves or auxiliary necks 5 at the'actory where they are manufactured, and accompanying each bottle will be a lookin -closure which can be readily placed within t e sleeve or auxiliary neck 5 to retain a cork or stop,-

cf said grooves formed in the yielding properties, the: I

per within the neck ortion 2. of the bottle 1.

The operation of loc rine'the stopper or corkv ottle 1 is extremely.'V simple and can be quickly performed, it only within the neck of the being necessary to lace the bent ends of the arms 12 12 of the ocking-closure 10 in the grooves 8 8 and force the locking-closure' downwardly until the contracted ends 14 v1li of the locking-closure expand' within the re' cesses 9 9 of the sleeve or auxiliary neck 5, at

which time it will be impossibleto remove.

the stopper or cork 3 unless the sleeve or auX- boys, flasks, and such receptacles or articles that might be repeatedly usedand in some instances lfraudulently used.

Itis thought that the construction, ar-

iliary neck 5 is severed from the bottle'l or I punctured to permit of easy rangement, and operation of lthe various v parts of m improved bottle-Will be readily understoo from the foregoing. description,

taken in connection withthe drawings, it'being obvious that'such changes in the size, proportion-,and minordetailsof construction-'as are permissible by theap be resorted, to Without I spirit andscope offtheinventiony- 1 'i ended claims mayeparting from; the 'j '1-.f The combination-with'a bottle havinga neck portion, of. a lockin -closure sleevey serounding said neek portion, said sleeve lieving grooves liorn'ied therein terminating in recesses formed et the lower inner edges of Said sleeve, a looking-closure adapted to fit Within said grooves and Closing tlie neck portion of seid bottle, and means engaging in said recesses to leek said closure within said sleeve, substantially as deseribed.

'2. The combination with :i bottle having an opening, of o sleeve secured to the breast of Said bottle, said sleeve having verticallydisposed grooves formed therein, und means engaging in'seid grooves to close tlie opening of seid bottle, substantially :is described.

3. The combination with n. bottle, of a 15 elosure Comprising e cap fitting over the mouth of the bottle-neck, arms depending from said cop and haVing-theirends turned upward, and aV sleeve inelosing the bottleneck and formed With recesses to receive said zo arms.

In testimony whereof l arfiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. MILLER.

Witnesses v i A. .l. SWARTZ, EUGENE C. WAssoN. 

